one thing that stays
is the news
a shadow moving across the wall slowly
following you like eyes in a trick painting
Day Trip: Work pt. 3
ephemera
Day Trip: Work pt. 2
draw the blinds closed
let the chalk dust pathos
pass by, you in motion
against it
wait for the light’s
shift change
my kingdom for a soft foot
for an anchor to the breeze
Day Trip: Work pt. 1
desperate for their public
weary advertisements
begin using negative space
Audio Saturdays! Songwriting Prompt Contest. Win 50 bucks!!
If you’re a follower of the Audio Saturdays column here, you know that for the past couple week’s we’ve been exploring the music of early 00s indie band Trousers. It was a lot of fun revisiting that old material, but now that the album is finished we’re kind of at a loss for what to do next. While we mull over some ideas, we’re going to go back to what got us here, at least for the time being.
Here’s something random I found on my phone. It’s pretty and minimalist and embryonic. From summer 2018ish. Never did anything with it, but maybe you can? Let’s make this another Audio Saturdays Songwriting Prompt contest.
I’m officially putting this acoustic snippet into the public domain. Best song using this music (either the music or the recording itself) gets $50 bucks.
Day Trip: Rise pt. 5
neither side can be silenced so
i push both ways and count the hours
and just like the messy half measures
in which they encase me,
i too dream of towers
Day Trip: Rise pt. 4
through many instruments
one breath
becomes prismatic,
first light through glass
a symphony of warring tones
scrolls across the sky
above coffee cup signs
and bathroom lines
Day Trip: Rise pt. 3
people come from
these subways
into the gray and yellow world
like water without gravity,
dizzy dots
looking for each other
trusting in the flow
the spectacle of the city in flight
the graceful movement of throngs
down broadway
in a shuttered world they
have surrounded, climbing,
building, looking for a way in
Day Trip: Rise pt. 2
this kind of sun, white yellow,
pulls with a mighty hand
its shadow is the water receding
before the wave
Day Trip: Rise pt. 1
when i vibrate at these frequencies
i turn end over end and drift away
i believe in gods. in the places
they live are five thousand suns
threading needles
as the pink clouds gather
at the peaks of proud mountains
basking under the loving sky
as it’s mended
Audio Saturdays! New La Sudar coming!
If you’re a follower of the Audio Saturdays column here, you know that for the past couple week’s we’ve been exploring the music of early 00s indie band Trousers. It was a lot of fun revisiting that old material, but now that the album is finished we’re kind of at a loss for what to do next. While we mull over some ideas, we’re going to go back to what got us here, at least for the time being.
Going to drop some new la sudar music June 5, maybe drop the first single next week – who can say? But there’s been a whole lot going on in the la sudar world and it’s long past time to give you a taste. Here’s a sample of an outtake – not anything I used, but part of something I used, looped, slapped around and dressed up.
As far as the actual music that’s coming, see the picture below for a hint about the main source of inspiration…
Sunshine and Wind 